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JOSEPH H. CREENLEAE, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSICNCE To i HIMSELF AND C, F. CASE, CE SAME `PLACE.

'Letters Patent No. 65,072, dated May 28, 1867.

IMPROYED CHAIR ANDBEDSTEAD. I

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH H. GREENLEAF, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a newimprovement in Combined Chair and Bed; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute ,partof this specification, `and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view, closed into the most compact form.

Figure 2, a side view of the back, raised as for a. chair; and in Figure, a side view, fully extended as for a bed.

This invention relates to an improvement in a piece of furniture which -may be folded into compact form for transportation, or partially unfolded to serve as a chair, or when entirely unfolded to form a bed, and the invention consists in the peculiar construction whereby the objects of the invention are fully attained.

In order `to the better understanding of my invention, as Well as to enable others tb construct the' same, I will proceed to` a description as illustrated inV the accompanying drawings.

B B are slats of wood or other suitable material, and C D D other similar slats, pivoted the one set to the other at a IJ and c, so that they may be extended, as in lig. 8, orclosed, as in gnl, tle `es r'treme slats A and C beingl longer than the other slats, so as to,form legs upon which to rest for support. Two sets'of these slats are formed alike and placed thev requisite distaince apart, and sustained at such distance by rundles F, and across the top is stretched a canvas, E, which forms the bed, and so that when folded, the said canvas gathers up between the two sets of slats without' being detached therefrom. To one end I attach a liead-piece, Gr, which is cushionednpon the side d, and hung to'the rundle F, so that when lfolded together, as in fig. 1, it will fold back anddewn, as .denoted in fig. 1. To th'e other end I hang,in similar manner, a cushion, H, which folds down uponzthe top, as seen' in gs. 1 and 2, and forms the cushion for the scat; in this position (g. 1) the folded article may be used as a stool. As a chair, the back G is turned up, as seen in ig.'2, andsecured in an upright position by strapsf, or otherwise. As a bedstead, the two ends Gr and H are turned and -secured in like manner, and the whole extended as seen, in fig. 3. Thus I have constructed'a complete folding chair and bed.

I do not broadly elaima lattice-formed folding bedstead, as such is not new. Among other instances-of suclruse may be mentioned the patent of George D. Sargent, December 11, 1860. But having thus fully described my invention, what I do claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined chair and bedstead herein described, having the seat H and back G attached thereto, and so as to be folded, the seat H down toward the back, and the back G backward down on to the frame, substantially as herein set forth. K

- JOSEPH H. GREENLEAF.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SHUMWAY. JOHN E. EARLE. 

